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JACKSON, Miss. — Shots were fired into the home of a woman running for the Mississippi House of Representatives on Saturday, authorities said. According to Jackson Police Department interim Chief Joseph Wade, four gunmen approached the home of Tamarra Grace Butler-Washington and opened fire shortly after midnight, WAPT-TV reported. Butler-Washington said she was working late in her home after

The United States House of Representatives is the lower house of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper house. Together they compose the national legislature of the United States.

The composition of the House is established by Article One of the United States Constitution. The House is composed of representatives who sit in congressional districts that are allocated to

"Keep 'em ignorant so they keep voting for us." That seems to be the strategy of the Missouri House of Representatives, which voted to defund public libraries in the state. This comes after GOP House Budget Chairman Cody Smith proposed a $4.5 million cut in state aid to these libraries last week. Smith blamed a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri (ACLU-MO) for the vote

The Albany Rotary Club hosted freshman football players from Dougherty, Monroe and Westover High Schools on Monday for a pool party with pizza and ice cream. Club members also offered advice on life and academic pursuits for the players. The club plans to do other outreach activities over th… Click for more.PHOTOS: Albany Rotary Club throws pizza party for Dougherty County's freshman players